CHINESE CRISIS ENDED

Greymouth Evening Star, 1 September 1927, Page 5

CHINESE CRISIS ENDED

BRITISH TROOPS REDUCED important'developments (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Ijy Cable —Press Assn. —Copyright.) SHANGHAI, August 31. It is officially announced that in pursuance of the policy of gradually reducing the British forces stationed at Shanghai, the following units will be withdrawn during the coming trooping season: —First Field Brigade, Royal Artillery Headquarters, Thirteenth Infantry Brigade, First Battalion Green Howards, First Battalion Border Regiment, First Battalion Middlesex, and First Battalion Devonshire. The latter, belonging to the Fourteenth Infantry Brigade, will be the first unit to leave, embarking for Malta not later than September 10. Two departing infantry battalions will be replaced by two battalions of the Fifteenth Infantry Brigade, now in Hongkong. The result of these moves will be that the British garrison at Shanghai during the coming winter will consist of five infantry battalions, also the Fifth Armoured Car Company and Royal Tanks Corps.

It is reported from Hongkong that Chiang Kai Shek, erstwhile commander of the Cantonese against the Northern Expedition, passed through en route to France, under an assumed name, accompanied by sixteen friends, posing as students.

A SOCCER “SHOCKER.”

SHANGHAI, August 31.

A serious riot occurred at the Far Eastern games, while the football match was in progress between China and Philippines. The largest crowd in the history of local football assembled, and the Chinese heckled the visitors, the early stages of the game being marked by several brawls. Finally, a free fight started among all the players in the centre of the field. The crowd stormed the players, and attacked the Filipinos with bottles and knives, several being injured. One Filipino was stabbed seriously. The police finally cleared the ground with bayonets, and the game concluded with the police guarding the boundaries. China won.